DefyingGravityBreakingFreeFromtheCultureofMore
44.8%ofAmericansgave$041.3%gavelessthan2%76%gaveno4me(ScienceofGenerositySurvey)
• 20%ofChrisBansinUSgave$0toanycharitablepurpose• AverageChrisBaninUSgave2.9%ofincome• 72%ofAmericanChrisBanscontributelessthan2%toanycause• 9.4%ofUSChrisBansgave10%ormoreoftheirincometocharitablecauses(PassingthePlate,Smith)
Why is it so hard for people to be generous?
• Cultural pressures • So many ways to spend • Looking for the good stuff • Worried about the future • Don’t understand the “why” of giving • Haven’t planned for it
TheOrteigPrize
ReneFonck
CharlesLevine
RichardByrd
CharlesLindbergh
GenerosityisaChrisBandiscipleshipissue
• Materialism• Simplicity• Generosity• Lifeasasteward
Discipleship issue
The Reign of God vs. the Reign of Self
Video
Whatisthefirstmemoryyouhaveofjoyfulgenerosity?Whatdidyouenjoy?Whatisyourfirstmemorywhengenerositywasdifficult?Whydidyoufeelthatway?
Becoming Stewards
• Makegenerosityapersonalvalue• Offerthemaworthyinvestmentforgenerosity• IdenBfythecompeBBonforgenerosity• Enablethemtobecomegenerous• Helpthemplantheirgenerosity
Howcanwehelpthem?
Give People an Experience
• Sermons • Book • Small Group Curriculum and videos
Give People an Experience
• Daily Tasks • Clean Out Challenge / Simplify Saturday • Draft a Basic Budget • Estimate a Generosity Goal
3-2-1
• 3itemsyoufoundinteresBng• 2itemsyouwanttocheckout• 1thingyouwilldoinJuly
What is your brand?
• When is your church at its best? • What three words describe your church’s brand? • What brand are people looking for?
• Preachingonthistopic?• HavingconversaBonsaboutthistopic?• Leadingfinancialcampaigns?• FollowingbestpracBces?
Whydon’tpastorslike:
Beware“TheReluctance”
What happens when we teach people about personal financial management and generosity?
• Whatisyourplan?• IdenBfy• Goals• Strategies• Timelines
PlanIt
ManageIt
Investor Confidence
• Offering • Budgeting • Good Reporting • Make it easy to give